Everyone has ever been asked, what do you prefer sweet or salty? Sweet is one of the flavors that children like the most. What would be of us without sugar or honey when preparing delicious desserts and cakes, or jams, syrups and chocolates.
Many times we prevent children from taking too much sugar for fear that they will gain weight or that their health will be affected. Sweeten their lives a little from time to time and in moderation, within a healthy and balanced diet, is not bad. Natural sweeteners are an essential source of carbohydrates and vitamins A and B. The consumption of sugars during childhood plays a fundamental role, since the energy needs of developing children are very great, and this food offers the essential contribution for your daily activity.
Similarly, the consumption of sugar and other sweeteners in the development of adolescence and youth, a time of growth and great physical and mental activity, it is essential maintain a balanced diet. The consumption of sugar is particularly important, because it increases and replenishes glycogen stores, both in the muscle and in the liver.
Beyond the White sugar or sucrose, obtained from sugar beet or sugar cane juice, nature provides us with some more delicious sweeteners.
El Brown sugar It is a sugar that has not been completely refined and may even have been colored with molasses or an artificial coloring. It has a greater intensity in its aroma, more like honey, than white. It is obtained by crushing sugar cane and, as it is not refined, it contains all the nutrients of sugar cane.
We can find in the market the powdered sugar, which is basically ground sugar reduced to powder. Another way to find sugar is candidates, in irregular and transparent crystals.
Corn also allows us to obtain sweeteners such as glucose, most used in sweets and industrial syrups, although it is increasingly used by great chefs in their dishes and desserts.
Honey, the oldest known natural sweetener, is a great food that contains vitamins, some minerals, and sugars. Sweet and slimy, it is produced by bees from flower nectar or secretions from living plant parts. The bees collect it and in contact with their saliva transform it to store it in the combs. So, we can find honey from different types of plants such as eucalyptus, rosemary and many flowers.
Cane honey It is the densest part of the cane juice before crystallizing, it contains more minerals and vitamins than refined sugar. Its texture resembles that of honey, with a color similar to caramel and a sweet and bitter flavor similar to licorice. In Recetín we gave you a recipe for Aubergines with honey with which you can use this sweetener.
In the supermarket we can also do ourselves, although it is a little more expensive, with maple syrup. Of American origin, it is the juice obtained from the bark of the maple. Rich in vitamins and minerals, this syrup looks similar to caramel, although more liquid. Its flavor is similar to honey. It is very typical to take it with pancakes or pancakes.
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